** Replication Instructions (January 26, 2022) ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
** Moral, Mert. 2021. "The Story of Electoral Alliances." In Elections and Public Opinion in Turkey: Through the Prism of the 2018 Elections eds. A. Carkoglu and E. Kalaycioglu, 1st ed., Routledge, doi: 10.4324/9781003166047-4 ***
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* "Simulations 2015.do" produces Table 4.1 and employs "All Elections.xlsx".

* "Simulations 2018.do" produces Table 4.2 and employs "All Elections.xlsx".

* Vote count calculations in "All Elections.xlsx" are for information purposes.
	- Vote and MP counts are coded from the Supreme Election Council's official (ballotbox- and district-level) records.
	- Those are used for aggregating precinct- and district-level data to electoral district-level for the allocation of electoral districts in the two affected provinces: Ankara and Bursa. 

* Stata scheme used to produce the plots is available from the author (mmoral@sabanciuniv.edu).